Biotechnology at Syracuse University

If you are interested in studying biotechnology, you may want to check out the program at Syracuse University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,193 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 2021, 23 of them were biotechnology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biotechnology section at the bottom of this page.

Syracuse Biotechnology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech
• Master’s Degree in Biotech

Syracuse Biotechnology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biotech programs across the country. The following shows how Syracuse performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biotech major at Syracuse is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biotechnology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Biotechnology Master’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused Biotechnology Schools	86
	90

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in biotech from Syracuse. This makes it the #63 most popular school for biotech master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Biotech Graduates from Syracuse Make?

The median salary of biotech students who receive their bachelor's degree at Syracuse is $37,007. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allbiotech bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Biotech Student Demographics at Syracuse

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at Syracuse University.

Syracuse Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 biotech majors earned their bachelor's degree from Syracuse. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biotech at Syracuse are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Syracuse Biotechnology Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Biotechnology from Syracuse in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a biotech master's degree from Syracuse, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Syracuse University with a master's in biotech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Syracuse also has a doctoral program available in biotech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• General Biology

Careers That Biotech Grads May Go Into

A degree in biotech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Biological Science Professors	4,590	$102,800
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Biological Scientists	690	$89,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.